'It's powerful men protecting each other': Why Hannah Spencer has had enough of politics as usual

Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer is taking on the political establishment in Gorton and Denton and promising to bring a working-class, community-focused voice to Westminster. Bethan Finighan reports.


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